All the things that would have gone proper went proper for FC Barcelona towards Girona because the league leaders registered a crushing 6-1 win over the newcomers. It was the primary Catalan derby between these two sides at Camp Nou, and Girona had the very best begin when Portu gave the guests a lead after simply 130 odd seconds into the sport.

However Barcelona quickly bought on the act and emphatically replied with 4 targets within the first half. Finally, Luis Suarez netted a hattrick, Lionel Messi scored a brace and Philippe Coutinho scored his trademark long-range objective. With this victory, Barcelona are actually 10 factors clear on the summit of La Liga.

So, with out additional ado, let’s delve proper into the match particulars and talk about the important thing speaking factors that emerged from Barcelona’s 6-1 thumping of their rivals:

#5 FC Barcelona create historical past

32 league matches unbeaten

Going into this sport, FC Barcelona had not misplaced of their earlier 31 encounters. With a win over Girona, the Catalans have now achieved their finest unbeaten run of all time. These 32 league matches embrace simply 5 attracts and a staggering whole of 27 victories.

This Barcelona aspect beat the file set by Pep Guardiola’s Barcelona aspect of 2011 which went 31 matches unbeaten in La Liga. The 2011 aspect is rightfully thought of as arguably the very best ever Barcelona aspect and to match that feat is a humongous achievement by Ernesto Valverde and his males.

Lionel Messi additionally created a little bit of historical past on this sport as his help to Luis Suarez for Barcelona’s opening objective noticed him grow to be La Liga’s highest ever help supplier. He has 148 league assists to his identify thus far.

32 – Barcelona have misplaced none of their final 32 league matches (W27 D5), the second ever unbeaten run of any aspect (Actual Sociedad, 38 between April 1979 and Might 1980). Unstoppable. pic.twitter.com/wsrcvn3kS6